hyperlexian wrote:
regardless of whether it is cheating (i think it is, but it's my opinion), it involves lying and hiding things from you.
That's the part that makes it cheating, though - it had apparently never been defined as an "open" relationship; he had merely taken it upon himself to satisfy his own desires, with no reference to his wife or how she might have felt. No discussion, no proposal to give something different a try - just a unilateral move on his part, in violation of their previously-established rules. That's the very definition of "cheating", and opinion has nothing to do with it.
Now, it
is my opinion that this reveals him as an underhanded, unreliable little weasel (no offense intended to your handsome ferret pic, neko), and ValleyBride is well shut of him...
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